The Catholics Of York Under Elizabeth PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...come there. "' The same William is in the Castle for the like offence. And he hath lands of the yearly value of 26s. 8., and he is worth in goods little or nothing. "' Alice Durham, wife of Richard Durham, barber, sayeth she cometh not to the church for her conscience will not serve her so to do, and her heart also goeth against it because there lacketh the altar and the true priest; and further, she sayeth that she thinketh that those that be now married are not right married. "' The same Richard sayeth he hath no lands nor goods, and so we think. St.Martin'sin "'Jane Lawnder recessit, in margJ, wife of Coney Street. John Lawnder, gentleman, sayeth she cometh not to the church for her conscience will not serve her, and sayeth she doth not like of anything that there is read. And as for the substance of the same John, we think him worth in clear goods 6/., and as for lands he hath no more but only the house that he dwelleth in, so far as we know. "' Anne Cooke, wife of Ambrose Cooke, saddler, sayeth she cometh not to the church for her conscience will not serve her so to do. "' The same Ambrose sayeth he hath neither lands nor yet any goods if his debts were paid, and so we think. St. Wilfred's "' Helen Boothe mortua, in marg widow, parish. sayeth she cometh not to the church for her conscience will not serve her. And further sayeth, if she should come to the church she should rather offend God than otherwise. And as for her substance, we think her worth in clear goods 4O.r. "'Janet Fothergill recessit, in marg., widow, who hath been heretofore presented for not coming to the church, is forth of the city and cannot be had, and so we could not learn the cause of her absence from the church. And as...